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Shortened Week in Store in Both Markets

Monday

U.S.

U.S. markets are shuttered for Presidents Day

Canada

Canadian markets are closed for Family Day

Tuesday

U.S.

Featured Earnings

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) (Q1) EPS projected at 89 cents, compared to 81 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) (Q4) EPS projected for loss of 53 cents, compared to a loss of 30 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Advance Auto Parts Inc (NYSE:AAP) (Q4) EPS projected at $1.93, compared to $1.64 in the prior-year quarter.

TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) (Q4) EPS projected at 72 cents, compared to 66 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Economic Lookahead

CREA Stats (Jan.) National home sales rose 7.2% on a month-over-month basis in December.

Monthly Survey of Manufacturing (Dec.) Manufacturing sales decreased for the first time in three months, declining 0.6% to $53.7 billion in November.

Housing Starts (Jan.) The trend in housing starts was 239,052 units in December 2020, up from 236,334 units in November 2020. This trend measure is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates of housing starts.

International Transactions in Securities (Dec.) Foreign investors acquired $11.8 billion of Canadian securities in November, largely purchases of federal government debt securities. At the same time, Canadian investors increased their holdings of foreign securities by $7.6 billion, led by acquisitions of U.S. shares.

Featured Earnings

Burcon Nutrascience Corporation (T.BU) (Q3) EPS projected for loss of 2.5 cents, compared to a gain of four cents in the prior-year quarter.

Emera Incorporated (T.EMA) (Q4) EPS projected at 62 cents, compared to 67 cents in the prior-year quarter.

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (T.FM) (Q4) EPS projected at 15 cents, compared to 12 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Wednesday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Retail Sales (Jan.)

Producer Price Index (Jan.)

Industrial Production (Jan.)

Business Inventories (Dec.)

NAHB Index (Feb.)

Federal Open Market Committee minutes

Featured Earnings

Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) (Q4) EPS projected at $1.75, compared to $3.21 in the prior-year quarter.

DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) (Q4) EPS projected at 75 cents, compared to 69 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HLT) (Q4) EPS projected at four cents, compared to $1.00 in the prior-year quarter.

Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) (Q4) EPS projected at $1.37, compared to $1.29 in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Economic lookahead

Consumer Price Index (Jan.) CPI rose 0.7% on a year-over-year basis in December, down from a 1.0% increase in November. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.1% in December.

Featured Earnings

Exchange Income Corporation (T.EIF) (Q4) EPS projected at 30 cents, compared to 59 cents in the prior-year quarter.

IAMGOLD Corporation (T.IMG) (Q4) EPS projected at 12 cents, compared to 14 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Nutrien Ltd. (T.NTR) (Q4) EPS projected at 23 cents, compared to 30 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Pan American Silver Corp. (T.PAAS) (Q4) EPS projected at 56 cents, compared to 44 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Thursday

U.S.

Economic Lookahead

Initial Jobless Claims (as of Feb. 11)

Housing Starts (Jan.)

Building Permits (Jan.)

Featured Earnings

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) (Q4) EPS projected at $1.47, compared to $1.38 in the prior-year quarter.

Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) (Q1) EPS projected at $1.27, compared to 98 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Newmont Corporation (NYSE:NEM) (Q4) EPS projected at 95 cents, compared to 50 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Viacom (NASDAQ:VIAC) EPS projected at 98 cents, compared to 97 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

New Housing Price Index (Jarn.) The growth in new home prices slowed for the third consecutive month, rising 0.3% in December compared with November.

Featured Earnings

Canadian Tire Corporation (T.CTC.A) (Q4) EPS projected at $6.61, compared to $4.93 in the prior-year quarter.

First Majestic Silver Corp. (T.FR) (Q4) EPS projected at 14 cents compared to 16 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Barrick Gold Corporation (Q4) EPS projected at 40 cents compared to 53 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated (T.RBA) (Q4) EPS projected at 73 cents, compared to 57 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Friday

Economic lookahead

Markit Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (Flash-Feb.)

Markit Services PMI (Flash-Feb.)

Existing Home Sales (Jan.)

Featured Earnings

Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) (Q1) EPS projected at $2.11, compared to $1.63 in the prior-year quarter.

DTE Energy Company (NYSE:DTE) (Q4) EPS projected at $1.33, compared to $1.35 in the prior-year quarter.

Barnes Group Inc. (NYSE:B) (Q4) EPS projected at 33 cents, compared to 86 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT) (NYSE:ESNT) (Q4) EPS projected at $1.21, compared to $1.49 in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Economic lookahead

Retail Trade (Dec.) Retail sales rose 1.3% to $55.2 billion in November.

Featured Earnings

Capital Power Corporation (T.CPX) (Q4) EPS projected at 43 cents, compared to 66 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Enerplus Corporation (T.ERF) (Q4) EPS projected for a gain of eight cents, compared to a loss of 51 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Magna International Inc. (T.MG) (Q4) EPS projected at $2.58, compared to $2.54 in the prior-year quarter.

Supremex Inc. (T.SXP) (Q4) EPS projected at six cents, compared to 10 cents in the prior-year quarter.